Patents Represented by Attorney Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwall & Berkowitz PC
  • Patent number: 8285611
    Abstract: A method for transporting cargo using a truck is provided. Preferably, the method is used in connection with full truckload operations. The method generally includes powering up a communications module residing within a cab of the truck. The communications module comprises a vehicle navigation system, a modem for receiving telecommunications signals, a processing unit for associating instructions for cargo delivery locations with geo-positioning coordinates, and a user interface. The method further includes receiving a cargo delivery data set at the communications module. The data set is sent from a host trucking management system. The data set provides at least a first cargo delivery location for the driver. The method then includes the driver acknowledging receipt of the first cargo delivery location through the user interface. Acknowledgment of receipt of the first cargo delivery location causes a signal to be sent from the communications module to the host trucking management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventors: Max L. Fuller, Kenneth W. Crane, Robert Lathrop, Scott Davison